Eberle, Abastenia St. Leger (1878–1942)
Eberle, Abastenia St. Leger (1878–1942)
American sculptor. Name variations: Abastenia Saint Leger. Born Mary Abastenia St. Leger in Webster City, Louisiana, 1878; died 1942; grew up in Canton, Ohio, and Puerto Rico; dau. of a physician; studied in Ohio under Frank Vogan and at Art Students League, NY, under Kenyon Cox and George Grey Barnard; also studied in Naples, Italy.
Influenced by the Ash Can School, had a penchant for small bronze sculptures in urban settings; drew many of her subjects from life on NY's Lower East Side; works include The Girl on Roller Skates, Mowgli, Victory, Little Mother, Dance of the Ghetto Children, The White Slave, and the very popular, Windy Doorstep.
See also Women in World History.
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